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March 9, 2022

US man who got first pig heart transplant dies 2 months later

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday.

March 6, 2022

Joint Base Andrews placed on lockdown after vehicle drives through security checkpoint; 1 suspect at large

Maryland's Joint Base Andrews was placed on lockdown Sunday after a vehicle drove through the security checkpoint at the base and failed to stop for security personnel, officials said.

February 24, 2022

Winter storm warnings stretch across Plains, Ohio Valley

A significant winter storm with widespread impacts will move from the southern Plains to the Ohio Valley on Thursday, and the Northeast and mid-Atlantic on Friday.

February 23, 2022

As COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations fall, Maryland and other states consider revising restrictions

As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to fall in the U.S., nearly all states have moved to revise pandemic restrictions. 

February 22, 2022

Florida TikTok star whose dad gunned down armed home invader to testify against another alleged stalker

Teenage TikTok star Ava Majury awoke one night to the sound of a shotgun blast tearing through her front door in Naples, Florida.

February 21, 2022

2 Maryland children shot, wounded in Annapolis, police say

Two Maryland children were shot and wounded after a suspect allegedly “emerged from the woods” and opened fire “indiscriminately” in Annapolis Monday night, the city’s police chief told local media.

February 20, 2022

Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby alleges indictment against her racially, politically motivated

Lawyers for Baltimore’s top prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby, filed to have the federal indictment against her thrown out, arguing prosecutors were racially and politically motivated to ruin her career.

February 18, 2022

Baltimore Sun editorial board apologizes for paper's past racism in its 185-year history

The paper issued a stunning mea culpa for having "promoted policies that oppressed Black Marylanders."

February 18, 2022

In honor of Black History Month: Dr. Alexander Thomas Augusta, first Black surgeon in Civil War

Dr. Alexander Thomas Augusta faced many challenges being the first black surgeon commissioned in the Union Army during the Civil War

February 17, 2022

Baltimore shootings leave 2 juveniles dead, 4 others wounded in span of 1 hour

A bloody Wednesday in Baltimore saw two teens killed and four others wounded in three separate shootings that unfolded in a 60-minute span, authorities said.